Varaha Purana 81.89: Adhyaya 81, Shloka 89

Description of the Divine Mountain Abodes: Meru, Devakūṭa, and Kailāsa

Devanagari script

इत्येतेऽष्टौ देवपर्वता विज्ञेयाः ।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 81.89

Transliteration

ity ete'ṣṭau devaparvatā vijñeyāḥ

Translation

ऐसे ही आठ देव पर्वत हैं। इन्हे देव पर्वत ही समझो।

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Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Quotation-marker (इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समाप्त्यर्थक/उद्धरणसूचक

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्या, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘देवपर्वताः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• देवपर्वताः: divine mountains
• देवपर्वताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘देवानां पर्वताः’

• विज्ञेयाः: are to be known / should be understood
• विज्ञेयाः: Vidhi (विधेय/आदेश)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + ज्ञा (धातु) + य (प्रत्यय) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (तव्यत्/अनिय-भावे ‘-य’), भविष्यत्कर्तव्यता/विधेयता (to be known); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

Speaker

Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Sacred Topography
• Purāṇic Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It acts as a formal colophon-like summary line, indicating a structured list tradition (eight ‘devaparvatas’) valuable for cataloguing Purāṇic geographic taxonomies.

Which geographic location is identified?

No single mountain is named here; it summarizes the preceding list as a set of eight.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Recognition and documentation of significant natural landmarks as part of cultural heritage classification.